What's the Point of Status Effects? ~ Design Doc

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  @DesignDoc · 6 years ago (edited) · pinned

  Games by order of appearance<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThDVGP4UB30&amp;t=9">0:09</a> Persona 5<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThDVGP4UB30&amp;t=13">0:13</a> Lost Odyssey<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThDVGP4UB30&amp;t=18">0:18</a> Xenoblade Chronicles<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThDVGP4UB30&amp;t=22">0:22</a> Star Wars: Knights of The Old Republic<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThDVGP4UB30&amp;t=28">0:28</a> Zelda: Breath of The Wild<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThDVGP4UB30&amp;t=32">0:32</a> XCOM 2<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThDVGP4UB30&amp;t=34">0:34</a> MGSV<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThDVGP4UB30&amp;t=36">0:36</a> Puyo Puyo Tertris<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThDVGP4UB30&amp;t=41">0:41</a> Final Fantasy XII<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThDVGP4UB30&amp;t=44">0:44</a> Persona 4<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThDVGP4UB30&amp;t=48">0:48</a> I am Setsuna<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThDVGP4UB30&amp;t=50">0:50</a> Super Mario RPG<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThDVGP4UB30&amp;t=134">2:14</a> Legend of Heroes: Trails in The Sky<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThDVGP4UB30&amp;t=137">2:17</a> SMT3: Nocturne<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThDVGP4UB30&amp;t=142">2:22</a> Dragon Quest (Switch)<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThDVGP4UB30&amp;t=150">2:30</a> Final Fantasy<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThDVGP4UB30&amp;t=210">3:30</a> Dragon Quest XI<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThDVGP4UB30&amp;t=214">3:34</a> Pokemon Sword &amp; Shield<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThDVGP4UB30&amp;t=226">3:46</a> Final Fantasy X<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThDVGP4UB30&amp;t=230">3:50</a> Monster Hunter World<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThDVGP4UB30&amp;t=236">3:56</a> Final Fantasy IX<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThDVGP4UB30&amp;t=245">4:05</a> Octopath traveler<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThDVGP4UB30&amp;t=254">4:14</a> Dark Souls II<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThDVGP4UB30&amp;t=269">4:29</a> Pokemon Gold &amp; Silver<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThDVGP4UB30&amp;t=272">4:32</a> Team Fortress 2<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThDVGP4UB30&amp;t=281">4:41</a> Tales of Vesperia<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThDVGP4UB30&amp;t=329">5:29</a> Street Fighter 2 HD<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThDVGP4UB30&amp;t=332">5:32</a> Dragon Quest VIII<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThDVGP4UB30&amp;t=339">5:39</a> Minecraft<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThDVGP4UB30&amp;t=362">6:02</a> Earthbound<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThDVGP4UB30&amp;t=367">6:07</a> Overwatch<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThDVGP4UB30&amp;t=387">6:27</a> Persona 3<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThDVGP4UB30&amp;t=393">6:33</a> Skies of Arcadia <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThDVGP4UB30&amp;t=408">6:48</a> Super Smash Brothers Ultimate<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThDVGP4UB30&amp;t=410">6:50</a> Sonic Mania<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThDVGP4UB30&amp;t=413">6:53</a> Final Fantasy XIII<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThDVGP4UB30&amp;t=420">7:00</a> Final Fantasy VII Remake<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThDVGP4UB30&amp;t=446">7:26</a> Final Fantasy VII<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThDVGP4UB30&amp;t=568">9:28</a> Chrono Trigger<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThDVGP4UB30&amp;t=611">10:11</a> Dragon Quest III (Switch)<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThDVGP4UB30&amp;t=620">10:20</a> Final Fantasy VI<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThDVGP4UB30&amp;t=787">13:07</a> Bug Fables<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThDVGP4UB30&amp;t=895">14:55</a> Final Fantasy VIII<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThDVGP4UB30&amp;t=970">16:10</a> Kingdom Hearts<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThDVGP4UB30&amp;t=1005">16:45</a> SMT: Digital Devil Saga 2<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThDVGP4UB30&amp;t=1029">17:09</a> Steven Universe: Save The Light<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThDVGP4UB30&amp;t=1034">17:14</a> Chrono Cross<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThDVGP4UB30&amp;t=1048">17:28</a> Slay the Spire<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThDVGP4UB30&amp;t=1055">17:35</a> Ring Fit Adventure<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThDVGP4UB30&amp;t=1067">17:47</a> Darkest Dungeon<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThDVGP4UB30&amp;t=1074">17:54</a> Left 4 Dead 2<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThDVGP4UB30&amp;t=1091">18:11</a> Skullgirls<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThDVGP4UB30&amp;t=1105">18:25</a> Lisa The Painful

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  @tristanneal9552 · 6 years ago

  In case anyone wants to quickly refer back to a specific type of status effect:<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThDVGP4UB30&amp;t=256">4:16</a> Damage Over Time<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThDVGP4UB30&amp;t=280">4:40</a> Stat Buffs and Debuffs<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThDVGP4UB30&amp;t=307">5:07</a> Turn and Action Economy<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThDVGP4UB30&amp;t=348">5:48</a> Debilitators<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThDVGP4UB30&amp;t=372">6:12</a> Loss of Control<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThDVGP4UB30&amp;t=395">6:35</a> Shields<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThDVGP4UB30&amp;t=412">6:52</a> Setups<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThDVGP4UB30&amp;t=434">7:14</a> Transformations<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThDVGP4UB30&amp;t=460">7:40</a> KOs and Insta-Kills

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  @gabrielraposo1466 · 6 years ago

  There&apos;s this boss on Bravely Second called &quot;Turtle Dove&quot; with attacks that can cause Love, making one of your units fall in love for another unit of your party<br>While in Love, your unit will always copy the move that the loved unit used (even if they don&apos;t have acess to it), so if you strategize around it, you can use this in your favor<br>But, if another character falls in love for the same unit, these two units will stop repeting the loved&apos;s moves and actually start attacking each other out of jelousy

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  @ballroomscott · 6 years ago

  I&apos;m glad you point out that making bosses immune to status effects makes status effects useless in the rest of the game. That&apos;s something that has bothered me for years.

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  @brockmckelvey7327 · 6 years ago

  Bad design: Bosses/High Level Enemies that are just completely immune to status effects.<br><br>What&apos;s the point in having characters that can inflict negative status effects if they can&apos;t inflict them when it matters most?

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  @robertsides3626 · 6 years ago

  Status effects for me...<br>&quot;Not gonna bother using them on trash enemies, since I can kill them so quickly.&quot;<br>&quot;Oh, this boss is IMMUNE to status effects? Why do these things exist again?&quot;

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  @0Clewi0 · 6 years ago

  Taunt is also an important effect, to put in on someone who can stand the strong attack or do it to decide who dies instead of your main DPSer

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  @tentailsjack · 6 years ago

  I just love how Matador’s immense speed in Nocturne is just a genius tool to force the player to learn how if you don’t use buffs or debuffs you aren’t going to beat the game

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  @samjames6714 · 6 years ago

  I like when there’s a way to get rid of effects. Monster Hunter World does this, where to get rid of fire/blast, you roll, theres energy drinks to get rid of sleep, antidotes and various antidote-related items for poison, doing something with the joystick for stun, nullberries for dragon/effluvium/water/ice/thunder, and... nothing for Paralysis. I like how it’s something different for most effects, so that you can get rid of them easily but you’ve gotta remember what does it. Wish some of the things you need a nullberry for were diversified a bit, but ahh well...

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  @beegyoshi800 · 5 years ago (edited)

  I like that Burn and Paralysis in Pokemon have a secondary effect of cutting attack and speed in half respectively. Also, the badly poisoned status is really nice for especially tanky Pokemon

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  @actualmadscientist · 6 years ago

  My recommendation for immobility effects like stun or paralyzed, is to make them ramp up instead of being instantly activated. Such as needing to hit a foe three times to build up three stacks of stun, the first two stacks function as a &quot;speed down&quot; effect, and only turns into temporary immobility at three stacks. <br>Another benefit of this if a foe is immune to stun, three stacks can turn into a strong speed down effect instead. Stacking poison also lets you adjust how many turns you put into your poison damage, and makes poison focused characters able to specialize in doing something across multiple turns.

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  @pokshimin · 5 years ago

  I love how miitopia&apos;s status effects are pretty mundane things that have not so mundane effects. And the way they appear is different depending on ur personality. when the &quot;avenge&quot; attack happens, a party member faints and the ones with high enough relationship levels attack the enemy who caused it, stubborn, cool, and energetic miis become angry, allowing them to attack twice but have no control. Whereas Kind, Airheaded, and Cautious Miis start crying, giving them a chance to miss. The last personality type, laid-back, has no status condition from this. I love how they so creativity mix RPG and Life Sim elements

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